The 2013, Mw 7.7 Balochistan earthquake, energetic strike-slip reactivation of a thrust fault

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 391, Issue , 2014, Pages 128-134

  Avouac, Jean Philippe ^a   Ayoub, Francois ^a   Wei, Shengji ^a   Ampuero, Jean Paul ^a   Meng, Lingsen ^a,b   Leprince, Sebastien ^a   Jolivet, Romain ^a   Duputel, Zacharie ^a,c   Helmberger, Don ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Et Université de Strasbourg   (France)

Author keywords

Balochistan earthquake; Chaman fault; Earthquake source model; Image geodesy; Makran megathrust

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; PRISMS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

BALOCHISTAN; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE MODELS; GROUND SURFACE DEFORMATION; MEGATHRUST; RUPTURE PROPAGATION; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; SUBPIXEL CORRELATION; TELESEISMIC WAVEFORMS;

FAULT SLIPS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; AFTERSHOCK; CORRELATION; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GEODESY; INDIAN PLATE; LANDSAT; PIXEL; SEISMIC SOURCE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TELESEISMIC WAVE; THRUST FAULT;

BALUCHISTAN; MAKRAN; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84893958530     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.01.036     Document Type: Article

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